The nurse is caring for a client who has had an above-the-knee amputation. The client refuses to look at the stump. When the nurse attempts to speak with the client about his surgery, he tells the nurse that he doesn’t wish to discuss it. The client also refuses to have his family visit. The nursing diagnosis that best describes the client’s problem is （）.
A．hopelessness.
B．powerlessness.
C．disturbed body image.
D．fear.
参考答案：C
解析：
Disturbed body image is a negative perception of self that makes healthful functioning more difficult. The defining characteristics for this nursing diagnosis include undergoing a change in body structure or function, hiding or overexposing a body part, not looking at a body part, and responding verbally or nonverbally to the actual or perceived change in structure or function. This client may have any of the other diagnoses, but the signs and symptoms described in the case most closely match the defining characteristics disturbed body image.